Pococke’s Travels in Egypt
| Name of text: | Pococke’s Travels in Egypt |
| Author of text: | Richard Pococke |
| Date of text: | c. 1737 |
| Date of person in text: | 1704-65 |
| Name of structure in text: | Castle at the Citadel |
| Type of structure in text: | castle |
| Date of structure in text | 12th century |
| Century of structure 1: | 12 AD |
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| Country in text: | Egypt |
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| City in text: | Cairo |
| Specific place of mosaic in text: | Walls? |
| Description of mosaic in text: | At the west of the castle are remains of very grand apartments, some of them covered with domes, and adorned with mosaic pictures of trees and houses, that doubtless belonged to ancient sultans, and it is said have since been inhabited by the Pashas. This part of the castle is now only used for weaving, embroidering and preparing the hangings they send every year to Mecca. |
| Mosaic date in text: | 12 AD |
| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | No |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | No |
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| Bibliography: | Pococke, Richard (travelling 1737) Pococke’s Travels in Egypt, in Pinkerton, John, ed., A General Collection of the best and most interesting voyages and travels in all parts of the world, XV (London: Longman and others, 1814), p. 190 |
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